Senior Lecturer (P7): English Language Teaching (Re-advertisement) at Sol Plaatje University

Purpose 

• Responsible for teaching and learning, research, and community engagement, and to provide support to the department/faculty in pursuit of its academic objectives.
• Responsibilities also include curriculum development, student academic development, administration, quality assurance, and academic management in order to contribute to the academic initiatives undertaken by the department/faculty

Minimum Requirements

• PhD/Doctorate in relevant discipline.
• A relevant teaching qualification.
• At least five years of relevant experience, with at least 3 years in Higher Education.
• Demonstrate evidence of continuous research productivity through publications in DHET-accredited journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, contributions to scholarly books, and research papers presented at national and/or international conferences.
• Successful supervision of postgraduate students at the Master's and/or PhD level.
• Significant involvement in professional, industry, and/or community activities and processes, including active academic participation in workshops/forums in higher education; movement towards recognition in the broader subject/ discipline community; external examining/moderating at under- and postgraduate levels.

Recommendation

• NRF Rating. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

Teaching and Learning

• Compile work schemes in col­labo­ration with colleagues.
• Research and utilize new and emerging approaches and technology in teaching.
• The professional preparation of teaching media.
• The professional preparation of notes to supplement or substi­tute prescribed textbooks.
• Research and selection of sui­table reference material to supple­ment textbooks.
• The facilitation of an effective teaching situation in which the learning experience can take place successfully.
• The upgrading of course content/ development of new courses and/or modules in order to keep up with the latest require­ments of the discipline.

Research

• Acts as a study leader.
• Conduct appropriate research.
• Publish research results.
• Keep abreast of professional literature.
• Obtain research grants.

Community Engagement

• Contribute to community engagement initiatives.
• Integrate community engagement interventions into curriculum.
• Report on own involvement in professional, industry and/or community activities.

Curriculum Development and Accreditation

• Contributes to curriculum development.
• Participate in curriculum review and the development of new courses/modules to ensure alignment with sector/discipline norms and requirements.
• Review assessment methods for self and others.
• Revise and submit programmes for accreditation by relevant accreditation bodies.

Student Academic Development

• Identify students at risk timeously.
• Develop intervention strategies.
• Provide counseling to students.
• Monitor student progress.
• Make necessary referrals for students, where needed.

Administration

• Keep attendance registers.
• Record student results.
• Assist with the registration of students
• Supervise tests and examinations
• Participate and chair departmental committees

Quality Assurance

• Contribute to Quality Assurance through committee meetings and submission of relevant documents.
• Identify QA feedback mechanism within the school/department.

Academic Management

• Contributes to policy making.
• Set annual objectives pertaining to academic programmes.
• Participate in the review of teaching, research, community engagement and academic administration objectives.
• Management of tutor activities.

Personal/ Professional Development

• Keep abreast of developments within own field of study and its implications for teaching and learning, community engagement, research, etc.
• Keep abreast of developments in professional conduct at SPU.
• Engage in current professional development activities.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Develop relevant reports as and when required.
• Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.

Closing Date 15 January 2026